11/01/2011
In 1861 Johann P Reis announced that he had invented the microphone. Michael Rosen celebrates 150 noisy years.
In 1861, Johann P. Reis announced that he'd invented the microphone. To celebrate 150 noisy years, Michael Rosen is joined by John Liffen, Curator of Communications at the Science Museum, the social historian, Clare Langhamer, and 'digital futurologist', Peter Cochrane.
Steve Punt, meanwhile, reports from an alternative universe where the microphone was never invented.
Producer: Peter Everett.
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- Tue 11 Jan 2011 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 17 Jan 2011 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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